From kls Thu Aug 6 11:26:08 1998 Path: bounce-back Newsgroups: sci.aeronautics.airliners Date: 06 Aug 98 11:26:08 From: Marc Schaeffer Subject: Re: 767-400 "a different type"? References: Message-ID: Approved: kls@ohare.Chicago.COM Sender: kls@ohare.Chicago.COM Organization: Unorganized Reply-To: marcmsc*@cmdnet.lu spagiola@my-dejanews.com wrote: > Any comments? I knew the 767-400 was going to have an improved cockpit, but > didn't realize the differences would be major enough that someone would > considere it a different type. AFAIK the 764 will get a switchable cockpit layout, either 763 or 777 configuration. Just like on the 737NG, before you start the flight you have to choose a configuration. > Do the cockpit differences mean pilots cannot > be cross-rated with earlier 767s (and with 757s)? If my information is correct it is full cross-rated, even if the display is on LCDs. > Conversely, can they be > cross-rated with something else (747-400? 777?) For sure not with the 744. But the 'new' layout of the 764 cockpit is 777 like. Of course this covers only the displays the rest of the cockpit is different. Again these are informations I read -- sometime, somewhere ;) -- so I might be wrong ... > If this is the perception by major users, I can't see the -400 selling well. Your perception is confirmed by the market. The A332 sold twice as well as the B764. You may check my site http://surf.to/orders for further details on performance and orders of both ships. HTH, -------------------------------------------------------- Marc Schaeffer, Luxembourg mailto:marcmsc@geocities.com WWW http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Lab/8803/ The DE HAVILLAND COMET website http://surf.to/comet The AIRCRAFT ORDERS website http://surf.to/orders